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Grace Ji-Sun Kim


Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Grace Ji-Sun Kim was born in Korea, educated in Canada and now teaches in the USA as Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of 26 books, most recently, Earthbound, When God Became White, Invisible, and Spirit Life. Kim is the host of Madang podcast which is sponsored by Faith and Reason. She blogs on her Substack: Loving Life and has written for Huffington Post, The Nation, Sojourners, Baptist News Global, Faith and Leadership and TIME. Kim has appeared on MSNBC, PBS and C-Span. She has been a guest on BBC Radio, ABC Soul Search Radio, WBEZ Radio, and Keep Hope Alive Radio. She is a book series Co-Editor for Palgrave Macmillan Series, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora,” and has served on the American Academy of Religion’s Board of Directors. Kim is honored to be included in the Englewood Review of Book‘s list of “Ten Important Women Theologians That You Should Be Reading”.  




EXPERIENCES
    Show Date
    Sat 5 Sep 2026 12:00 PM to 12:50 PM
    Title ShortWhen God Became White and Christian Nationalism
    Venue Living Room
    Experience Description

    Christianity is rooted in the ancient Near East among people of darker skin. But over time, European Christians cast Jesus in their own image, with art that imagined a fair-skinned Savior in the style of imperial rulers. Grace Ji-Sun Kim explores the historical origins and theological implications of how Jesus became white and God became a white male. The myth of the white male God has had a devastating effect as it enabled Christianity to have a profoundly colonialist posture across the globe. Kim examines the roots of the distortion, its harmful impact on the world, its impact on Christian Nationalism and shows what it looks like to recover the biblical reality of a nonwhite, nongendered God. Rediscovering God as Spirit leads us to a more just faith and a better church and world.

    Show Date
    Sat 5 Sep 2026 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
    Title ShortMadang Podcast
    Venue Library
    Experience DescriptionTBD
    Show Date
    Sun 6 Sep 2026 10:00 AM to 10:50 AM
    Title ShortRace, Gender and the Road to Liberation
    Venue Commons Stage
    Platforms must be in place by end of day Tuesday so sound and lighting people can set up.
    Experience DescriptionGrace Ji-Sun Kim and Lisa Sharon Harper come together for a timely conversation inspired by their books, "Fortune" and "When God Became White." Together, they’ll explore how race, gender, history, and power have shaped both the church and society—and how truth-telling can open the door to healing, justice, and a more liberated future. Honest, insightful, and hope-filled, this Experience invites participants to imagine what comes next when old myths are finally named.